Summary
Gays in mainstream magazines - The Year in the Arts 1996
The gay culture was extensively covered by mainstream magazines in 1996. A sampling of the articles reveals that gays are increasingly being portrayed in the media as a part of the mainstream.See the full content of this document
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All eyes on us.
From Newsweek to Seventeen, mainstream magazines have begun to see lesbians and gay men as we really are
It was a week before the 1996 presidential election, and Newsweek had to decide what to run on its November 4 cover. Yet another Bill Clinton-Bob Dole pairing? No, thank you. Newsweek chose a more marketable couple: lesbian moms-to-be Melissa Etheridge and Julie Cypher. There they wer...See the full content of this document
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